This is an analysis of the poem The Widening Sky that begins with:

I am so small walking on the beach
at night under the widening sky. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc deXX dbec XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110101 111001001 011100111 101100101 1110010011 0010010010 100101101 011110010 111010110001 111001 1101011 111001001 110010010 101010 1111111111 1110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Widening Sky ;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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